Title: Devo – Hardcore Vol. 1
Year/Genre: 1990, Art Punk
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Curated from Akron-era tapes (1974–77) recorded in basements, practice spaces, and early live rooms—long before Devo became a “real” band with a label plan.

2. Released partly to replace decades of fan bootlegs and tape-trade copies, letting the band set an official version of their earliest mythology.

3. Documents the de-evolution concept as local performance-art propaganda: characters, satire, and DIY visuals built for weird all-ages shows, not radio.